gears of war 4 characters - face anatomy of 2008

marrakech

im sad to see that in 2016 we still have face anatomy of 2008. (this is uncharted 2 level)
https://youtu.be/dyUoACShwRI?t=32s

PyrZern

Is it outdated ?

Obviously  I'm not watching 3 hrs of that.

marrakech

http://i.imgur.com/msbfRP5.jpg

AtticusMars

so like.... whats this thread about

marrakech

Character face standards compared by the years.
for me gears of war is an 2008 game in the execution of facial forms.(dont talk shader shine to impress . engines get better over time)

Aabel

I see your point! How much do the faces really matter? You spend most of the time looking at the back of the characters head. As for cut scenes, who cares? I skip that shit every chance I get. I want to play games not watch poorly made CGI movies.

Spending more resources on character faces isn't going to make the game better, so why do it?

MrHobo

Well yeah the forms look like 2008, Gears faces are kind of a part of the Gears Of War aesthetic. They are a bit blocky and chunky like the peoples bodies, Im assuming thats what you are talking about. It is a conscious choice on their part.
Comparing it to Uncharted which has constantly been shooting for a since of realism (a completely different aesthetic at the end of the day) and emotion in their characters, is a little unfair I think.

ZacD

Maybe it's because Gears of War is no longer developed by Epic games and is no longer a Unreal Engine show piece, like the first one was?

JacqueChoi

There's some exceptionally high end talent working at the Coalition. Including one of the most skilled hyper realists in the industry as their lead.

What you're seeing are just aesthetic choices made to stylize the characters because Gears was always a heavily stylized game.

I personally think they look fantastic. Old Marcus is badass as hell.

Brian "Panda" Choi

Are we in conflict about the expectations we had about GoW 4's objectives with their character art?

I personally had little expectation that they were trying to hit hyperrealism.

Blond

Such a shame. Back in the days, the gears series were the prettiest games available on Xbox...Now...